Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a)
Each delivery of an accredited basic training course includes all units as
specified in Rule .0205 of this Subchapter. Each trainee shall attend and
satisfactorily complete the full course as specified in Paragraph (b) of this
Rule during a scheduled delivery. The school director may develop supplemental
rules as set forth in Rule .0202(a)(7) of this Subchapter, but may not add
substantive courses, or change or expand the substance of the courses as set
forth in Rule .0205 of this Subchapter for purposes of Commission credit. This
Rule does not prevent the instruction on local agency rules or standards;
however, such instruction shall not be considered or endorsed by the Commission
for purposes of certification. The Director of the Standards Division may issue
prior written authorization for a specified trainee's limited enrollment in a
subsequent delivery of the same course where the trainee provides evidence
that:
(1) the trainee attended and
satisfactorily completed specified class hours and topics of Basic Law
Enforcement Training Course but through extended absence occasioned by illness,
accident, emergency, or other good cause was absent for more than five percent
of the total class hours of the course offering;
(2) the trainee was granted excused absences
by the school director that did not exceed five percent of the total class
hours for the course offering and the school director has obtained approval
from the Standards Division pursuant to Rule .0404 of this Section for make up
work to be completed in a subsequent enrollment; or
(3) the trainee participated in an accredited
course but had an identified deficiency in essential knowledge or skill in no
more than two of the specific topic areas incorporated in course content as
prescribed under Rule .0205 of this Subchapter;
The trainee who is deficient in more than two topical areas
shall be dismissed from the course delivery and shall be required to complete a
subsequent training delivery in its entirety.
(b) The trainee shall demonstrate proficiency
in the school's cognitive topical area tests by achieving a minimum score of 70
percent on each topical area test and shall also demonstrate proficiency in the
motor skills and performance subjects:
(1) a
trainee who fails to achieve a passing score on the first attempt shall have
one opportunity for reexamination following remediation;
(2) a trainee shall be allowed failure,
remediation, and reexamination in no more than four topical area
tests;
(3) upon initial failure of
a fifth topical area test, the trainee shall not be allowed remediation or
reexamination and shall be immediately dismissed from the course and shall be
required to complete a subsequent delivery of Basic Law Enforcement Training in
its entirety.
(c) An
authorization of limited enrollment in a subsequent delivery of the Basic Law
Enforcement Training Course may not be issued by the Standards Division unless
in addition to the evidence required by Paragraph (a) of this Rule:
(1) The school director of the previous
course offering submits to the Standards Division a certification of the
particular topics and class hours attended and satisfactorily completed by the
trainee during the original enrollment; and
(2) The school director makes written
application to the Standards Division for authorization of the trainee's
limited enrollment.
(d)
An authorization of limited enrollment in a subsequent course delivery permits
the trainee to attend an offering of the Basic Law Enforcement Training Course
commencing within 120 calendar days from the date of administration of the
state comprehensive examination in the trainee's prior course delivery.
(1) The trainee shall attend and
satisfactorily complete in its entirety each topical area identified by the
school director as an area of trainee deficiency in the prior course
participation with the exception of the "Physical Fitness" topical
area.
(2) There are two options
available for satisfying a deficiency in the "Physical Fitness" topical area
with the school director's approval:
(A) the
student shall be allowed to make up the deficiency at the original training
site without enrolling in a subsequent delivery of BLET. Under this option, the
student shall be given 120 calendar days from the date that the comprehensive
state examination was administered to the original BLET course in order to
successfully satisfy this deficiency. Students who select this option shall be
allowed two attempts to complete the entire Police Officer Physical Abilities
Test (POPAT) Course with a minimum of 24 hours of rest between attempts during
the 120-day period to satisfy the deficiency; or
(B) the student shall be allowed to enroll in
a subsequent delivery of BLET as a "limited enrollee." This delivery shall
begin within 120 calendar days from the date that the comprehensive state
examination was administered to the original BLET course in order to
successfully satisfy this deficiency. Students who select this option shall be
allowed two attempts to complete the entire POPAT Course with a minimum of 24
hours of rest between attempts during the delivery period of the subsequent
BLET course.
A certified "Physical Fitness" instructor is the only
person qualified to administer and grade the fitness re-test. At the time of
the re-test, the school director or the Qualified Assistant shall be
present.
(3)
Following limited enrollment in the subsequent course offering, scheduled class
attendance, and active participation with passing grades on all required topic
and motor-skill tests, and having no deficiencies, the trainee shall be
eligible for administration of the comprehensive written examination by the
Commission, as set forth in Rule .0406 of this Section.
Authority
G.S.
17C-6;
17C-10;
Eff. January
1, 1981;
Amended Eff. February 1, 2014; August 1, 2000; July 1,
1989; July 1, 1985; April 1, 1984; January 1, 1983;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. May 25,
2019.
